Steam gang-plow



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STEAM GANG PLOW.

No. 316,388. Patented Apr. 21 1885.

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E PENNEY. STEAM GANG PLOW.

No. 316,388. I Patented Apr. 21, 1885.

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UNIT D STATES P PAT NT OFFICE.

EDGAR PENNEY, on WAYNESBOROUGH, PENnsYLvANIA;

STEAM GANG-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,388, dated April21, 1885.

Application filed October 14, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR PENNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waynesborough, in the county of Franklin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SteamGang- Plows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to steam gang-plows of that type in which thegang of plows has no separate frame, the plows being directly attachedto and drawn by a traction-engine.

My invention consists of the combination, with such a steam gang-plow,of a separate truck (drawn by but detachable from the traction-engine)supporting theplow-hoisting apparatus, and which may also be adapted forthe carriage of fuel and water tanks.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have illustratedin the annexed drawings, and will proceed to describe, one practicalform thereof.

Figure 1 is a plan View showing so much of a steam gang-plow of thecharacter mentioned as will suffice to illustrate the practicalapplication of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3illustrates a mode of hitching the plows in pairs somewhat differentfrom that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The same letters of reference indicateidentical parts in all thefigures.

.I make no claim herein for any features of construction or combinationrelating to the manner and means of mounting a gang of plows andconnecting them with the tractionengine. Therefore I deem it unnecessaryto describe these features of the steam gang-plow illustrated in thedrawings, my invention being applicable not only to this particularsteam gang-plow, but to all such where the plows are not mounted on aseparate main 5 frame, but are directly connected with thetraction-engine.- The hoisting apparatus may also be constructed in anyknown form that may be desired, or specially adapted to the particularstyle of gang-plow required.

I have shown a hoisting apparatus consist- 5o ing of a winding drum orshaft, A, provided with two chains-or ropes, a a, carrying a diagonallifting-bar, B, to which the diagonallyranked plows are connected bychains or ropes I). The winding-shaft, operated by suitable 5 gearingand also provided with a suitable brake, (not shown,) is supported onstandards of the truck-frame in a diagonal position about verticallyabove the points where the ropes b are attached to the plows. Thetruck-frame 6c is of triangular form, consisting of the axlebeam 0 andconverging side bars, 0' O. The axle-beam is supported on a pair ofordinary wheels, D D, and the front end of the truck,

frame is provided with a clevis or other suitable device, affording aconvenient means for effecting its attachment to the rear end of atraction-engine. In the example shown the truck is so constructed thatone of its wheels runs on the unplowed land and the other in 7o of theplows by this truck a suitable wheel or wheels should be placed at thefront end 7 5 of its frame in addition to the wheels D D.

This independent truck may also be, used for carrying tanks of water andfuel for the traction-engine, in addition to its office of carrying theplow-hoisting apparatus, as shown in Fig. 4. In such cases it would beadvantageous to use two such trucks with each steam gang-plow, so thatas soon as the water and fuel tanks of one truck are exhausted suchtruck can be disconnected and its mate hav- 8 5 ing a full supply ofwater and fuel substituted. A great deal of time and expense could besaved by the use of two such trucks with each steam gang-plow, for onecould be supplied with water and fuel ready for at- 0 tachment while theother is in use. To some extent this result might be attained by the useof a single truck and double sets of detachable water and fuel tanks,which should be provided with trunnions, so that they might 5 be liftedand transported by a hand-truck, as indicated in Fig. 5. 7

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, substantially as beforetanks for water and fuel, as well as a hoisting 10 set forth, ofa-traotion-engine, a g-angof plows apparatus for hoisting the plows. ahitched thereto, an independent truck, also In testimony whereof'I aflixmy signature in hitched to the traction-engine, and a hoilsting presenceof two witnesses. a aratus on said truck for hoistin the ows.

5 2 The combination, substantially as before EDGAR PENNEY' set forth, ofa traction engine, a gang of plows Witnesses: hitched thereto, and anindependent truck, S. M; STOLER, also hitched to the traction-engine,carrying A. H. CAMPBELL.

